Thursday, August 30, 2012

IN THE NEWS

* Democratic Assembly candidate Ben Akselrod, who is challenging Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz in a primary, apologized for sending out a campaign mailer using the word "negrohood" to Brooklyn residents, the Daily News writes: http://nydn.us/O4N9p8

* Newsday calls on the NYPD to end its controversial program that eavesdrops on Muslim groups, which it calls "ineffective" and "dubious": http://bit.ly/QWm0DM